What's new?

A EUROSCI Network volunteer has arrived in Casablanca for a one month mission in Morocco. Moroccan students and scholars will be able to get first-hand experience of the EUROSCI Network's activities. The mission is funded by a EUROSCI Network travel grant as part of the Global Outreach Commission, the EUROSCI Network's global outreach initiative. Local support is provided by EUROSCI Network volunteers in the region.

Development has always been one of the most lively and challenging areas in economics. Over the last decades there have been advances in economic theory and econometric methods that have allowed development economists to review some age-old questions. Why do some countries grow faster than others? Why are inequality and poverty important for economic development? Should governments encourage migration from rural to urban areas? How can we deal with urban poverty? Do poor people make the wrong decisions? Why are interest rates higher in rural than in urban areas? Is trade protection good for development? Does development aid work? This course will introduce you to these advances and give you a feel of the current debates. This course will take you through an exciting journey that will acquaint you with new ideas and new ways of answering fundamental questions about the economics of poor societies and the process of economic development.

Methodology:

This course will be based on synchronous web conferences and asynchronous online written discussions. At the start of the course, students will be paired in North-South teams for coursework that will account for 25% of the final grade.

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an approach for learning content through an additional language (foreign or second), thus learning both the subject and the language simultaneously. This approach to teaching and learning has never featured as strongly on university curricula as it does now. Besides, the great revolution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has had a tremendous impact on education and on the development of foreign language communication skills in particular. ICT is an ideal platform for developing interactive strategies and methodologies that promote independent learning, peer interaction, and language use for real communicative purposes. In a world where students are digital natives and where broadband connections and mobile-data enabled smartphones are widespread, there is great potential for combining CLIL with ICT. If we add to this the opportunities that international university partnerships and networks offer for student interaction across borders, we have all the necessary ingredients for a successful course.

Acknowledgement

This project has been carried out with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Union, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Union.